one in a (half) million

Saturday I joined 5 or 600,000 other like minded souls for this years Women's March in LA. Joining in late and on my own, I mainly ventured right to and through Grand Park and into the rally at City Hall. I think we surprised ourselves by being the largest march in the country again this year, but while the crowd looked a little daunting from afar (and I did get into a few bottlenecks that were a bit claustrophobic,) I was surprised how relaxed and open the space was when I finally ventured closer toward the stage. The rally itself featured a plethora of performers and speakers in a pretty impressively choreographed and scheduled lineup of short speeches and songs. Of course, I was personally amused by the bacon wrapped hotdog vendors throughout the march - you may remember from an earlier post my delight at the beer vendors in the protest march I accidentally found myself in São Paulo.While I may have preferred a beer vendor, the bacon wrapped hot dog is pretty much the unofficial symbol of LA, so it was only fitting. I didn't partake though, instead capping the day off with a visit to Spitz (doner!!), a couple beers at Precinct, and a stop at Grand Central Market before heading back to the beach. Not the worst kinda downtown day.

It's already the last day of Eurovision already and I haven't done such a great job updating and sharing Lisbon. We really hit the ground running with performances every night (jury shows in between televised shows) and plenty of…

Just a quick taste of a couple days in Barcelona. I'll have to try to do a catch up post later, because I'm in Lisbon for Eurovision now and no time to spend on it! Barcelona was a rough spot for me. I suffered through some…

Well I never meant to stop posting as soon as I got back to the States… but now I'm back up in the air (well, actually between flights, but still...) on another adventure, so lets start it again so I can share it with you. I still…